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Went over to Dept of Justice &
talked with Solicitor Genl. Henry M.
Hoyt - told him condition of Nelsons
fight & told him I thought of
resigning & in my letter to the Pres
=ident setting forth the facts of
the exploitation of Alaska Judge
ship & courts by U.S. Senators
Heyburn, Nelson et. al. He said
he would talk to Knox about it
tonight - Also told Walter E.
Clarke. Clum came over &
will introduce me to Cortelyou
tomorrow. Also met Delegate
M. A. Smith, from Arizona who
hates Nelson like poison -
The Nelson people are now working
against me hard - and poisoning
Senators as much as possible
- it looks like a hard fight
- and Nelson the sole judge
& juror. But --